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Jamie Shortt
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My Locale

North Carolina

About Me

I grew up in VA exploring and camping the woods around my house. As a teen in the 80's I learned how to backpack by reading books. Back then my pack weight was a respectable 27 lbs and I hit the woods every chance I got. Once adult life took over it was rare to take an overnighter. I faced several challenges during my middle age life and turned to the outdoors to restore me. As my knowledge and skills advanced, my base weight dropped to below 5 lbs. With this came a freedom that I had never experienced before.

All Forum Posts by Jamie Shortt

re: My first major foray into the MYOG worldMat, The quilt looks great and nice job with the mods! Seeing someone make one just made my day and its a day that needed some help. Thanks for sharing.
If you PM me I will email you the layout ...

re: Fly Creek UL2 repair MYOG GuysJoseph, I've studied the pictures and it will definately be a challenge to fix. I actually think the fly is easier than the tent body. The fly doesn't cross any seams so the damaged area is...

re: 30-35 mile loop in Shenandoah?The SNP has one of the best set of trip guides I have seen on any of the NPS websites. Here is a link the all the trips.
SNP_Trip_Guides
Take a look at the 3 and 4 night trips they will h...

re: 4.9oz m50 down jacketBrendan, Absolutely incredible! I think you just created the perfect jacket. I really like the slight angles in the vertical baffles. The down fill looks extremely even. And again the orange color ...

2.5 Day Food ListHere is my typical 2.5 day food list. Breakfast is usually eaten on the way to the trail. I would like to make it even simpler and less costly, but for now it works well. Even though it is only 20 ...

re: Nunatak .8 oz Pertex QuantumBased on rough estimate of surface area I calculate the savings to be 1.15 oz for a medium sized bag. Another estimate...If you assume an arc alpinist weighs 20 oz in 1.0 oz pertex has 11 oz of dow...

re: Never Used GearI've bought a lot of gear over the past few years and sold some of it with fairly few nights on it. In my case I like to buy and try gear. I learn alot about manufacturers, materials, and types...